Sina Queyras (they/them) is the author of the poetry collections, MxT, Expressway and Lemon Hound. Their work has been nominated for a Governor General’s Award, and won The Friends of Poetry Award from Poetry Magazine, The AM Klein Award for Poetry, a Lambda, the Pat Lowther Award, a Pushcart Prize and Gold in the National Magazine Award. Their first novel, Autobiography of Childhood was nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. In 2005, they edited Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets, for Persea Books. They are founding editor of Lemon Hound. They have taught Creative Writing at Rutgers, Haverford and Concordia University in Montreal where they currently reside.
WRITERS READ
For over 20 years, the Writers Read series has brought a wide range of local and international poets and authors to Concordia for public readings and master classes.
The series is committed to innovative and provocative programming that offers an engaging audience experience.
Director
Assistants
Ennie Skurczak (she/her) is pursuing an MA in English Literature with a creative thesis focusing on poetry. She holds a BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing.
Fab Pilon (they/them) is pursuing a BA in Creative Writing and Music. They have a marked interest for stage arts and theatre.
Upcoming events
No upcoming events at this time.
Past events
Zooming in interview series
We asked alumni of the Department of English and Writers Read to share a photo of the space where they’re thinking, reading, and writing, and to answer a few questions about how the pandemic has affected their writing practice.
Pop-up Reading video series
The Pop-up Reading series invites the public to submit videos of themselves reading a poem — either an original or a favourite.
To participate, contact us on Instagram.
Chemar Ali-Hasham reads Driving North by Sue Sinclair
